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^ VOL. XLIY. ' WINNSBORO, S. C,, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1888. _ NO. 10,
9ft REALITY AND DREAMS. Then here is an
B " ^ tive figures:
]Pl I may work fill day at my easel,
HR With patience and skill, as you see, ~ j 0000,
But my picture is always imperfect, o o ? o <
^ _ It is not what I wished it to be? j
B ~ I close my eyes x?n my pillow, ~ ooo50!
?||| Such visions! now lovely they seemI g
"What fame would be mine if but able j ? ^ "
To paint the pictures I dream: ' O i-i th
WM The muse I may ardently worship, __ ! I
R. And woo wherever I go, j j'OQ j ? $ f
ggi? :;y_ But my cotes are weak ana oiscoraant, ; j j ^ ^
HL ' My thoughts are rough, as you know.
I sleep, r.d my verses are perfect, " ; a 0000<
r Delightful and proper their theme; ' 3 coooj
"* What joy I would know if but able "o ???co*
To pen the poems I dream! j~ 000*1
I ?Arthur C. Grissom in The Journalist. : ^
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L * THE FARMERS' MANIFESTO. j I
A ooooc
plf CAPTAIN TOLLMAN AND HIS COL- I 00001
r- - LEAGUES SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE. ! -2 o'ooM!
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Suggestions of Jieforezs in the Admioia- ^
B tralon -of t&e State Govemment-An
Appeal to the Fanners
I To the People of South Carolina:? I gg : :
I The Executive Committee of the Farm ^ ^ :
|k ere' Association, feeling that it is incum- ^ *
bent npon them, as the representatives o : :
^>olihe organized farmers of the State, to J : : ? ]
outline a policy of retrenchment and re- j g ; ; > 5
<> . form in consonance with the aims and *3 : " o <
purposes of the farmers' movement, and ~ g : 05
vto explain the grounds upon which we I o ?* b {
--shall ask the support and aid of our ? & J -3 j
- X/aiOOCXauc ismu w-v;iiLLZ.ciia m una wiu.mg
L i election, would call the earnest attention. In 1879 Georgia'
(of ftQ parsons in sympathy with our aspi- ment was in ror
& .-rations for agricnltnrai education and a
^: more economical and efficient govern- Gain in wealth
H^oent to the.facts and reasons herein set years
Bk|f.'T South Carolina
claim only our just share of eduBaI
advantages for the agricultural **7 ?
fiSHHuustrial classes, and that the same ' ^ 1
shall be plaeed within the ra*h of the gjj
effident7orahV<
& coaly such, institutions as are inaccessible i>'?rm (jiaro
to'iost fanners, and which do not faction of pay w
furnish the cheap and practical education -J 6*? F1611,
K needed. We make no war upon the Bct> jftPg. - y
South Carolina University as a place for 7??*? ? u^gs^p f:
obtaining a scientific and classical edu- taxpayer
Ife cation, and reiterate our desire to see ?3 88 ^??{
the South Carolina College liberally sup- ?i same money ps
ported, and to become a real university
worthy of our State. But we assert with- f Without going u
B . out fear of successful contradiction that pr tiiat ou
2 ^ farmers cannot be educated in a city and ?emtenfaaiy are m
n remain farmers; and that in all efforts to a marme]
I . mix practical and literary training, the ***?*7**one pr(
i:first Las been overshadowed; the agricul- thetaxpayers aE
S. . turai-etadents have been few, and the
W : attempt ^n utter failure. pay at least $40, (MX
The demand for better facilities for 0 t
r^Voan onA . Arlrif!?.fcirvn -fnr farm- We ,
. ers has beeniiereiofore refused on the
.plea of expense, and the opposition has 111 WJl Carolma 1
i- : not hesitated to scare the taxpayers with how to hatst.
& i largely exaggerated estimates of the The privilege
r probable cost of a separate agricultural amounts to over ?
A "College. With consummate cunning and work done by it c
vunblushizg inconsistency they have taken done by the agricu]
vantage of the agitation^faiLa-ssDarate then, is $75,000 to
HEtural college io build up that-won- ,co1]p.<7a. witho-nt e
njgn students "annex," and, while Clem sort's money
against- .duplication of plant taxation, if, then
Mr; force, have actually increas- versity the ?3-1,500 i
^H^HBHSSfcond what the farmers' asso- the tuition fees, ani
H^ht of asking for. Not pens? of attempting
robbing the "industrial and mechanics in a
Bbe Denencs 01 me laaa pnere, it ?*u auxw
JPaioy have stretched forth in a more efficient
Vha&dd 8?d grabbed the .Hatch better for getting r
Knd a State yhieh two years contention; while
Ho poor to sappoft any expen- College is built, it i
Hrkm. at all, now sgppprta three,; ing income withod
H mcated attaches, iixas frit- payers at all, it s
m asting the funds appiopri-: stations:
Hp*?ntinc investigation. In 18851 Landscrip Fund..
Wjf9? jrsity, including Claflin Mid the1 Hatch Fund
S&del, had an income of about SoO,000, ^riviietre Tax?sa\
Kid the Trustees claimed that, as then " \
BRHHSRonstituted, it afforded ail the practical Total
BB^fflgPtraiziing for &rmers n9eded by the State. w.., ,, V "*
Kits income is now approximately $97,000
tF per arnmm, but as an agricultural school ^
it is a bigger and moreeostlr deception. 3g??g5j
m clemsox's be<cuest. of Mr. Clemaon.
TBoi while c~:r efforts to obtain a re- other reforms anc
BnmT ^cogmfeq* ?>f our rights and needs have tively demanded b
Kb ; hitherto failed to secure a college' for burden of taxati<
^educating -fygners, fortune has unex- degree. We hav<
WaKab ;;peetedly smiled ,on us. The munificent j hasty legislation, a
IiDequest 014Jir.;ViflmSOn. WJioaa iuiwwu uc wuiivuj ?****
if or. his,adopted. and wise insight Legislature meet
mag semaved tire gr^ai 3tu.nbling-block annually, as at pre
imtihe way of providing a suitable site the date of its ses
and fetro ipg tile college, gives us the dens of taxation an
coveted By this bequest too evident, and
not only do the 4fct^ers come in poss.es- are honest in their
. sion of properly -ssj^gd 'at well nigh, ly imposed on. G
: $100,000, but also of aK^ate eminently mnee pointed out t
.suited for the purposes for is ernments are boti
given, and hallowed by the sacred man- travagant, nearly t
ories of Carolina's greatest*" statesman; oh them now as in
"We have the authority of .General are handicapped ai
Stephen D. Lee for saying that $100,000 improvement alor
is ample for building and equipping a Radical Constitute
school like the Mississippi College, istence as a free pe
"Without counting any thing donated py- the ignorant hordi
Mr. Clemson except the Calhoun hornet and praying for a ?
stead, we propose to show the needed earnestly urge the
money can be obtained without ,increas-. sity of a constats
ing tie taxes one single dollar; and while secure needed ecor
jnany have believed that the building of the abolition of u
-jg, separate agricultural college was and isj throw stronger sa
,?tl? only vital issue represented by the citadefof white s
sfazB?.TO movement, we shall call atten-' seeds of discord sh
: tion.** other reforms which we deem of To accomplish all 1
equals greater importance. The pur- arouse themselves
r, chasing; j<5wer of money is much greater \ and take a more :
: it.waslen years ago. The tax-pay- interest in politica
inot<k?.qa^ at all. while 1 would warn them 1
I: lag puwcx iw> ,
r the priee of oar main money crop?cot- of greedy politick
: too?has hovered very near the cost oI shall not again, as
^prodsetion. The redaction of expendi- nate a State ticket
i tares, -wien possible, mast thee appeal having a canvass, <
\Jo ^$ae coronton sense as' well as the of sentiment, on
"pockets of oar people, and no good rea- portant issues. P
see can be given why salaries in our- only the best me
State sfcould remain S?ed higher than in masses, bat is also
North Carolina and Georgia?both larger oar liberties and ti
and wealthier States. We invite tixe our rights. In
. careful attention of taxpayers to the fol-j farmers, whom we
lowing figures, taken, from the Comp-! of the best i
* " ' ??ty,yaa fifafAo* 1 abont these ref(
EEajjy trouim w vi ?w M.U ^
"sokes nATtnT.TVA 1887, a canvass by t]
fkecntive Department $ 5,2fl01
' ' mP5?USf b Department 3,500 JLjiuteA, so
.' / : fd??^0DiBa^,-vy-^" 3,i00 they stand. Reec
/ Judiciary Department (counting -he oresents incui
J ?S? ??3
I ; ' f?o ??->-?
P i Treasuxy'bepartment::::;:::::: 6,'000
. Adjutant and Inspector General.. 1,300 gtitnents'these *n<
.State House Keeper 750 ^cfS
Taial - <270 yofl we are w
loi&i .......?7(WW *ith as, or give
sours cABOiiXXA, ISSb. - their approval, if
^Executive Department ? 9,500 it then, fellow-citi
Comptroller General Department 5, $00 sympathize with <
-Educational Bureau 4,500 that no tricks be;
Judiciary Department (counting May convention.
AnWSnntnf 19 .Tnricrfcsi 56,750 to give much th
3Boarclof Health 9,100 ] duties. But they
State Department 4,100 demand, and thui
JMilitia 13,000 to select their c
Treasury Department. 7,100 make no more ias
Adjutant and Inspector General.. 4,400 the lbgisi
State House Keeper 1,550 But> ^ ^ ^
-tow.: m
Xtifferenoe for doing same work, ?45, COO and economies in
j
other table of instruc- rests with the coming Legislature. Oar
experience with the one just adjourr^d
? teaches us to beware of demagogues and
soooooo | i| fence straddltrs and weak-kneed indi?qc????
| viduals without firmness of character or
oleosa , ^ any convictions of their own. We would
1^1 therefore advise and urge the absolute
|g?j importance of selecting candidates of
i firmness and capacity, and of requiring
^ them to define and explain their positions.
If a candidate is too good or too
unfixed to pledge himself to any line of
Vt<rv r*rtAV\ln />on
* * * I Jji puiiuy ueiimiiucu uj uic uv wu
5?? ; ; : ; I ill and should be left at home; and when a
: : : : : candidate, after having pledgsd himself
S ** " : : : I : I i and been elected, breaks that pledge, as
I I : i j did a goodly number in the last Legisla:
: : * I :;, ture, he is no longer worthy the con '*
; ; I fidence and respect of any intelligent
' * * : I : ' voter.
j Appealing, then, to the good sense and
Dooonoo I patriotism not of farmers alone, but of
^ classes of our people, to aid us in our
-1 I 5 ? efforts to secure equal justice and equal
j 2 ~ : advantages to all, and to purify and
I =a :! elftvate nnr nolitica. and to brine about
a more economical and efficient govern
ment in State and county.
] o" " "We are, respectfully,
: 14 : I 2 (Signed) D. K. Norbis,
: g : : | ** b. e. Tillman,
"i : s a cj i c h. b. thomas,
:?:s:^r?? x w. Q. m. bebley,
ss-i3 ' 2 e. p. moobe,
jj ?2 i ? , john mokboh,
= T^??5PwHCI ! I T T> Af
2o| = as>T - ' Executive Committee Farmers' Asso120^66
i\ ?l ciation.
- 1-S.H 3 g ? I c:| Columbia, April 21, 1888.
2 - 33 5I o I m m
;3i3goa ?;: THE CLEMSON BEQUEST.
33DOSh:Q5:O i PS'1
| ~ A Correction of Alleged Exaggerations
S assess- About the Money Left to the Agricultural
num- _ ai college.
^jfl'ooo'ooo Editor of the News and Courier:
in nine ' ' I see so many false statements, miscon106
000 000 cePti?DS ridiculous exaggerations in
it x ' V the public papers about the will of my
on the contrary has father-in-law, the late Mr. Thomas G.
it lost, -tta" judging ciemson, as to the amount of property
t is -oaid in salaries, i.-i - -u;? i.n f?
r ? jc- ?- W .Win ccuauo, txxo ut-iuio \jx *,<tn
g odds the richest and wjjJ) the amount that would acrue
of the three States, to the State of South Carolina for the
m that we have more purpose of founding an agricultural col)f?cials
than Georgia |eg6j should Mr. Clemson's will be valid
i? It is urged that a and the bequest accepted by the State,
ouid bring in a set of that I am impelled to make a plain and
.o would inefficient, dear statement of the whole matter, so
the scramble over a far as my knowledge extends.
: Solicitor's place, we jn justice to myself, to my father-ins
can safely rely on iaW) Clemson, and as both father
i as they now do for and guaixlian of my daughter, who is
lid by North Carolina the granddaughter and only surviving
descendant and natural heir of Mr. and
ito figures, we take it Mrs. Clemson, and the great grandr
Lunatic Asylum and daughter of the lat^Hon. John C. Calanaged
in just as ex- houn, I am indueed to take this course,
r as the other depart- for the reason that frequent inquiries are
yvw.g a great piiracii 0? me by numerous friends of my
.~10. daughter and her ancestors in South
iimignt be made to Carolina, by some of the relatives of
a year m defray tne ^ Clemson, who live out of this State,
STKOOO can be ?^>7 ^nds in* scqnamUinces of my
aais,of e*peii3itore as Most of the information, which I here
56 ?P ' endeavor to give as correctly as I can,
un the college. Tras derived from Mr, K. W. Simpson,
tax on fertilizers who has had charge of Mr. Clemson's
30,000 yearly. The affairs as his attorney and legal adviser
an and ought to be for several years past, and who is apItural
college. Here, pointed by his will his executor and
build and equip the trustee, and of whom he speaks in the
ither touching Mr. will in the highest terms as his "trusted
or resorting" to "row friend and auvlKerr^?ia itofci
we leave the IJni- contested "by me, as the guardian of my
low appropriated, and daughter, there would be left for the
cl relieve it of the ex- purpose of founding an agricultural coll
to educate farmers lege in the State of South Carolina
n uncongenial atmos- probably as follows:
iplish its needed work ^,The Jj'ort Hill estate, 6^0 acres or
maimer and be the thereabouts, the farming value of it
id of these bones of about $10,000.
after the Cletnson Mr. Simpson informed me that the
yould have the follow- personal property, consisting of stocks,
1; looking to the tax- bonds and mortgages and other securiLnd
the experimental ties in his hands,-was about $27,000.
From this sum take the legacies, pay$
5 750 a'D*e caa^? $18,000, and it lea.es
25'000 3^,000. Mr. Simpson, the executor and
r 30*000 nnder the will, is allowed 5 per
"J ' - cent, on the whole amount of the estate
$50 750 by ^e an<i also, I am told, 5 per
' cent, by law, making in all 10 per cent,
e can keep up an ex- commissions on the whole property,
school at Fort Hill, amount to say $4,000. Deduct
that from the cash assets left of
out nut least, wurtiij ^qqq an(j ^ leaves S5,U0U. Then deduct
But there are also ^erg'bills, expenses of keeping up
I economies impera- ^ ^oias6 and other necessary exafore
we can lift the penfieS) and x ^ most pe0pieVill
>n to any marker. ^fch me ^ thinking that there will
5 ,to0 P*ch afd **? not bo much left on which to found an
nd we beheve it would; agricultural college except the 825 acres
wisdom tp have our 0f the Fort Hill plantation, with a few
biennially instead 01 (dilapidated and partly ruinous buildings,
sent, ami to change B?fj eTOn ^ remainder 6of
8ion. Ihat the bar- e6*ate at $15,000, an extremely high
s not equally borne is estsma^ ^ on ^ ^ *f
those taxpayers who n0ney at 7 per cent, would be $1,050.
returns are grievous- >fot very munificent sums these to
overnor Hagood long fotm(j a gr^t State institution, and cerhat
our county gov- the most ^corruptible and
i inefficient and ex- qqq^q^qqI statesmen could not reason,
SP^ ably object to the income of the estate,
l Radical days. We ^ v>pincr r? ivirJp.fi into salaries and
1(* ^ P?^ over to president, professor*
ig that line dj our a ?ew p^^ea! farmers who would
opkisjto^dS.by ^"necessary to carry on the insti3
r* -J0terS Wv^?^w^ In most *>f the noted colleges in the
iplit in our ranks. e states the presidents get at least
^i?r ten thonsand doIlaKpermnnm,
ZZt, J7: and the professors from three to five
?lj. offices, and to ttonsand S'ffl, some patriotic, elate7
V ^ j ,men might be found to serve their State
ifegnards aronnd tie &om q* t moa
9F22S and mthont price.
this onr people mnst <**>' 1 ?^d tbf' ^
r_l" j.v - iIu^T possible income of the estate should be
r^SZjKtfESS1 upended in proyiding hominy and milk
jitelligent and a e. ^ feecj thie famishing wires and families
1 affairs. Ad here we of ^ pIasident anl professors. The
stndents, of course, .^onld take their own
kuo meals from nome wiui taem, ana quub
*SM? W* sStSSSL 1 the eipenses ot
^thes^aP Cotoe?SinS 11 h? pubLLc clamor and ridiculously
tnese anu o e: exaggerated statements in the papers the
discussion is not thinking and believing that
?emson>s bequest to the State
u i rCf amounts to ?100,000, as I have seen it
behdf. ttan, ol the stated *5 oae th%,So,util Carof>a
aeans add another hundred thousand or two to*
Clemson's munificent, "as it is
, ^vfimnAnt designated in some of the papers,"
k-tate g - though I hardly think the income of the
ro years, before they ktfce?ram w0Jd ?after ^ the coliege
we can .enow jusc now j,
gnizing the ability of .~inSs were provided" allow a sn?Sabents,
and in no wise s^m to provide the college officials
any reflections upon ^ decent subsistence.
that if they seek re- 0 0Iirs .GiDEoy Lee.
could spend some of Seneca, April 24.
ing the summer most . , ? ~. - - ,?
issing before their con- Another Statement,
I any other questions Pesdleton, S. C., April 26". I
Tijus they can show To the _ Greenville News:?The aprong
if thsy disagree praisersof Mr. Clemson's property coznus
the advantage of P^ted their work this evening. >
they approve. See to t*06 value of the appraise bill
izeii^, those of you who amoan^s to one hundred.and three thouDur
objects ?-tv7 aims, f411^ three hundred and twenty-one dolplayed
upon us in the *ars< ^th interest and premiums added,
.farmers are too busy they make a tptal of one hundred and
ought to their public thirteen thousand three hundred and
ran and should at least twenty-one dollars.
s will obtain, the richt ^ee toU contest the will, but GoL
" x iU-4.
>fficials knowingly, and ?^P.son, iae executor, aseurw me
ivs in the dark. he has no fears whatever as to the valid*
* ity of the will.
iAxcbe xrs* act. . The State will receive over ninety-too
I the whole matte*, both thousand dollars. E. G. Eyass.
tie agricultural college
e mu6h needed reforms a vyao^na tte wui.
the State government, There has been some speculation as po
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the provisions of the will of the late Thos. a wonderful invention'.
G. Ulemson, touching the founding of an
agricultural college at the Fort Hill*planta- a Process for Preserving Milk, Wines, It Ap
tion. The Keowee Courier has inade the Prait Jnices, Etc., for an indefinite
following abstract, which must prove of Period.
interest: (From the Kew York star.) The;
Item 1 bequeaths the .Fort Hill place, learning oi a new ana wonaerini in- sons i
I containing S14 acres, more or less, 10 the vention for the preservation of fruit walkin
! executor, in trusi, that when the State juices, milk and other perishable liquids, of a gi
shall accept said property as a donation a representative of the Star rallpd upon ceiling
for the purpose of founding an agricul- j^Ir, B. Mnrdock, the genial presi- gentlei
tural college thereon, in accordance with dent of the American Exhaust and Car- ances 1
the views of the will (''of which the Chief bonating Company, at their elegant and the va]
Jgm of South Carohna shaU be 'be ^00{^ No. 10 Warren as one
" fS i r steeet, this city. After a short interview the bo.
to the bt&te &ncl turn over to it, &s &n en- *vr? tvt.i ,* ? wv^ ,w.i (*.. T...T,. < i.. 4
dowment cf said institution, all the prop* mth Mnrdook m hM iMgmfioently &ea t
erty hereinafter given for that purpose; aPP?m^d^ private ^office, J^o^reporter J^ntilr
provided the State shall signify its accept- 1<U ^
ance of the donation and begin a practical e workings of this extremely wonder- there ij
carrying out thereof within three years ^ machine. the pri
after the probate of the will. Until such This _ interesting method by which walker
acceptance the executor is to invest the net milk, "cider, beer, fruit juices, wines and It is th
produce of the land and other property for other food products can be preserved in to wall
the endowment fund, if accepted by the iheir normal condition without subject- The
State; and if not so accepted, for the school ing tbsm to a steaming or cooking fifteen
hereinafter provided for. ^ process, at once absoabed the reporter's This is
Item 2 appoints R. W. Simpson, D. K. attentaSj^^The problem baa occupied by be:
Norris, M. L. Donaldson, R. E. Bowen, B. the atts*^^^oi sciei^fic znen for many stone
R. Tillman, J. E. Wannamaker and J. E. ye^rs, aSjKiumberleijs experiments have suspen<
Bradley, seven in number, trustees, with been uitide without attaining the desired former
the power to fill all vacancies from any but the American Exhaust and his feet
cause, in perpetuity, and expressly denies Carboikting Company have at last se- starting
tipi^r^wpr??m-en!?t^l)p? &7rt *!sS the valuable patents which accom- stretch<
theirs powers or number, but tne state ,, _ , ir. v- . rm_ ?r ._
may provide through.the Legislature, as it P^hfeis J^o^t desirable object. The of stag*
sees proper, on accepting the donation, for simplicity and effectiveness of their de- To th
the appointment or election of six other vice astonishes every one. The process circulai
trustees, the maximum number of trustees kas teen brought to such a state of per- a sort c
being limited to thirteen fore**er. The fection that a child can operate the ma- one-hal
last clause of this item reads: "The name chine with ease. It is a well-known fact these, }
of this institution shall be the 'Clemson that fee oxygen of the air is the most that ho
Agricultural College of South Carolina.'" essential element for the support of life, The
Tne trustees are requested to meet as soon whether animal or vegetable, and when shaped
after the death of testator as practicable, element hflg been removed from any and apt
fill ail vacancies, if any, and proceed at inclosure life of every nature and kind hose 1
once to effectuate, as fur as they can, the becomes extinct. If the oxygen con- of thes*
purposes of the will. tained in the various liquids to be pre- circular
Item 3. Ltxm the actual refusal of tile io -romrwrcJl Tw o/vma tyiaaTiati nn thft t
State to accept the donation made in and proc e8 ^ replaced with carbolic acid iron fra
S?cfiTSLhp1 some other 6Itead
years, upon the terms and conditions fl^Preserv^ m this manner wiH keep handles
named, the donation to the State is revoked Pe^??^y sweet; and preserve their nor- uig or t
and the executor in execution of his trust m^-eocdition for an indefinite time. bowl-sn
shall convey the "Fort Hill place and the ~e principle on which the company regular
accumulated fund arising theiefrcm, to- bring about this result is to first create ferred t
gether with all other property, real or per- a vacuum in the keg, barrel or bottle by undern*
sonal, hereinafter disposed of and intended an exhanst pump, which draws the air sure ex<
to be eiven to the said agricultural college from the vessel. Having filled the ves- foot wil
as an endowment, to tne seven trustees sel with the liquid to be preserved, the the air;
named above or their successors, who shall air is eiiausted from the liquid, and shoes jc
erect upon the Fort Hill place such a school chained with the carbonic gas. The Everj
or college for the youth of South Carolina principle and method are so simple that sits upo
as in their judgment will be for their best the machine which creates the vacuum, cave an
interest," with a proviso that the school .ex&anets the liquid of the air it contains, he swinj
shad be principally for the beneht of the an<j charges it with the carbon gas, and on to ti
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and endowment fSnd will permit. The ?B? ?1 JE"?*
trustees are directed to securely invest the ?^L?res tbis process is that all liquids the air
funds and hold them as a perpetual endow- oe P&t up m syphon^ and the trou- vacuum
ment of the institution, using only the in- 0* pnLlmg the corks away with, all the t
terest and income from the land, except tfce thereby enabling the consumer to use mg na
trustees are permitted, for the cost of erect- quantity of the contents and keep pressnri
r ' - -> e?li_ -i. t ^,*11
ing suitable buildings, to use tiie income ot I peneuw,/ .uibauii xur iuiutc wju mc
the land and accumulated interest after about fi
death and as much as $5,000 of the corpJBtM^&ndue of this invention to ocean Then th
if necessary in their judgment. The and yachting pajties is incalcu- former
closes: "The name ot this institution s^BBH^Rresh milb- can be carried from upon th
be ihe'Clemson Scientific School or to Europe and remain in as iron ro<
lege.'" 4^gH^BR(3ition as the day it left the ment at
Item 4directs that the dwelling onJH&Ky. The carboiting process shoes,
adl shall neyer be torn down or^ ti0 jjq^^ but the com- comes li
perfectinTits invention foot, th
and shall always'be kept open and vegetables may be along c
spiction of visitors, allowing JHHHre8erved m ^ ^
the house to be used by pro^^^^HM|^H^|HnH|^A lhen th
trustees direci.- ?American Exhaust manner.
Ifisciiuar; v are located board ie
ur the value 01 me 1?r"*?, f, ?,?
stsj? Cuurier ***
; The amount ljkelyto ?.,?VK ^ *
iy?iee*fS?"#** aI,'
Simpson, -who is a good lawyer afSB^nBL'*r!?k m^J ^ kinds of Deers, A C0]
countant, and who, from his Concord grape juice, foreign wr
ecutor, has access to sources of tru^B^^^^^B00368^1? ^ines, and sweet cider we
formation, we can speak with some over six months ago. All these of tJ
of certainty. Col. Simpson iriforme^^HB^^is are exposed tojvaiying degrees of tains, a
the property consisted largely of stocS^^Kpreture; at onetime the thermometer P&nion
and bonds of incorporations of this acciWPgisters 80 or 90 degrees, and again sunning
other States and personal bonds well se-Tiuring the winter it is as low as zero, stone sk
cured. Upon a rough estimate of the In spite of these severe tests the liquids "varmil
principal and interest on such investments remain as fresh and sweet as when very irri
and premiums now rated on same, he felt bottled. stupor,
satisfied the residuary fund for the college, The apparatus will be sold to ' local were in
over and above the i'ort Hill tract of land, companies which will be organized were re]
and after the payment of spMiflckgioea thronghont the United States, and they started
Sri? 'B rrfw^aSTtfd plants and charge a royaltS ?* the
of Columbia, which had been negotiated and other sections of the country now Jadge.
for sale at $10,000, but sale not completed desire to introduce this wonderful pro- started
from some cloud on the title. If Colonel ce?? ^ are arranging to do so at an back, b<
Clemson owned this whole tract, which is Qate, their object being to treat want to
likely true, the fund for the college would orange, lemon and other fruit juices. know,
be $?0,000. If he owned one half interest A number of well-known gentlemen of near Ise
in the land the fund would be $75,000, this city are interested in the enterprise, winter,
and if no interest, there would be $70,000 among fchem being the president of the irregula
for the college over and above legacies and company, Mr. W. B. Murdock; Mr. curves a
expenses. Locke W. Winchester, vice-president The ra;
"*t '" ' " tt? t>?l? crrnnnH
m |l I XNauontiiXiipreBsuompauyj xxuii. x>aaiuo o? >
8. Ransom, Surrogate: Mr. J. F. sound 1
Hanging From a Bridge ioo r?et High. Freeman, treasurer Standard Oil match.
J. G. Caldwell, who lives on Washing- Company; Mr. John H. Rolston, cashier peared,
ton avenue, near Elliott street Wood- Bank State of New York: Mr. Caleb B. with the
side, N. J., had a terrible adventure last Kuevals, vice-president Woodlawn came in
night on the Midland Bndge.' Mr. Cemetery Company, and Mr. James W. she thir
Caldwell is a drummer for a New York Smith, president Consolidated Gas shotgun
house. His friends warned him of the Company, all well-known citizens and light fat
risk atte ding any attempt to cross the business men. These gentlemen control spot an<
bridge, which is over a hundred feet a.n enterprise which seemingly has 50 the groi
high, but he finally started to walk home, limited to extent or field it will cover or shot av
He got as far as the centre of the bridge, business to be done. the anal
when he heard the noise of an approa- _ m n?1 _ mysterii
ching freight train. It was evident to Killed a wild Cat with a ciab. its bod^
him that the engineer did not see him, The other day Tony Kern, who works where J
for the train did not slacken speed. on Griffin's farm near Scranton, parlor
Mr. Caldwell was in a terrible plight. Pav was driving the cattle to water and this spe
- ' - wVJIa -naacinrr 4-Viwvnorli a Tvio/va r\f rcnnAa cVin OV(
His remarkable presence of mind ana ? - _
strength saved him from the death that attention was attracted by the bellow- tooth in
seemed to await him. The bridge ^8 ??e the cows. Tony espied a the ?yet
appeared to him tj> be narrower, he says, dark object np a tree ready to spring scrapes
t.lian at any other time when he had upon a calf. The man clenched tight a the snal
crossed it, although he was alays aware large club he carried and meeting the and the
that it was not intended to accommodate wild animal half way dealt it a furious stantly i
foot passengers. He saw that there blow on the head. This only angered a phos]
was not space sufficient beyond the the brute, and with a fierce bound it does no
on the trestlework for frnm to stand while leaped upon Tony and bore him to the struck f
the train passed. He also realized that gronnd. The man made a desperate of its tx
to lie down was not a means to escape, effort to throw the animal ofiu The to retu
as the steps of the cars would fimah his brute had scratched his face badly and great c
brains out. He decided to depend on tore his clothes in.o shreds. With arms al<
muscles to save hiTn, and being an athlete, superhuman power Tony threw the beast it looke
" " ' '"" " " o-rifl anrinor fn hin fpofaoftin hfl spizpd
he hastily crawled to tne aae 01 uie o D__ ?
bridge, seizing a large tie with ?ice-like ?ia elnb. Once more the aiumai made
grip and swnng in the air 100 leet above ^ tata well-amed blow from the K
thewater. Dutchman sent him to the ground ap- I hay
The few seconds occnpied by the train patently lifeless. Tony hurried to the years,
in passing seemed to Caldwell like an house, procured a gun and shot the tr eated
age. After the train had passed he animal dead. AW breathless with he said,
found that his hands were numb, and excitement he raa to the house with the gave uj
his strength seemed to forsake him, yet astounding intelligence that he ^d shot cough;
with remarkable nerve and superhuman a, a Farmer Grimn con- confide
strength he finally drew himself on the eluded the man was wrong as to toe kind a chang
bridge and proceeded homeward, coat- of *nim*l lolled, and gomg out to the your B.
less and mthout a hat.-New York spot found it to be a wild cat weighing Then I
g^j. 26th. about fifty pounds. it cured
' mm' ? mm wish fo:
Dear Mb. Epitoe;?Won't you please
a Dog that Fights Fires. fell your male readers that. $3 will buy a
Mr.-R. M. Jackson of Blufffcon, Ga., fine, strong and serviceable pair of
has a doe whose sagacity and intelligence pants, made to order by_the N. Y._Stan- The i
are something wonderful. It is a shep- dard Pants Co., of 66 University Flace, fog ph]
herd. A few days ago Mr. Jackson was Kew York city? By sending 6 cents in Bartow
in a piece of woods, when he had occasion postage stamps to the above firm, they yellow
to send the dog to the house for a match, will send to any address 25 samples of to Surg
Being unable to make Mrs. Jackson cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape "We, t
understand him, the dog went to the measure, a full set of scientific measure- practic:
fire-place and picked up a chunk of fire, ment blanks and other valuable informa- certify
with which he started to his master, tion. All goods are delivered by them there e
When he reached the edge of the through the U. S. Mails. A novel and inform
woods the fire became so hot that he had practical idea. Advise your readers to within
to drop it, which ignited the dry pine try the firm. They are thoroughly re- 0f whit
straw and set tiie woods on fire. The liable. Yours truly,
* -Li i * WTT.T.TlW ViVTlWTfPTrm
CiOg S6t tip EL PflTS]Ug bUtti SUUil uiuu^uv f1 r f < ^
Mr-Jackson to the rescue. When he " e^lu:|i
reached the dog he was surprised to find ''What a picturesque little cottage! A "lvhe t
that he had broken a pine limb and was veritable Swiss chalet." "A Swiss shall Traffic
combating the fire as effectually as if he, do you call it? To my mind it's more ]
hup?*?. like an Irish sha'n't he." gjjjJJ'
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CEILING WALKING. AT ALBIOX.
pears startling, but Only Nerve There 19 a great scarcity of news :
i? Required by Performers. the neighborhood at present, evervbod
(Cincinnati Enquirer.) ?0 bUSy} especiall}\the farmers, wl
riTpSfoS thTtovtTe^o' m completely absorbed in their fan,
g head down along the fali lengtu in= operations. Jsotwithstandmg tl
eat board and who are known as great qnantitiesof rain that has falle
waiters. There are lady and Jatelv, they are pretty well w^ll u
ny performer, their perform-. n.ith lheir wcrk for lllis tiroc of tt
JVLLlg UUlilliiCU. Qi-LUVOV CUUUCiJ V\J
riety stage. The effect is sartling year. a
of them moves along underneath Winter, with its parting breat
trd, far above the floor of the stage, nipped all of our fruit in the bud, cor
sequently we will have but little f.-ui
t was a guarded secret. While excepting strawberries and the mevitc
3 a general difference as to details, ble blackberries.
hciple myolved in keeping the Epidemics are prevailing in the con:
suspended is practically the same. .
e swxet of the ability of the fly oion.ty among both man and beasti
over a ceiling. mumps and distemper. The autici
board used is a heavy plank about pated discomfort of your correspondeii
feet lone and three feet wide, bas been fullv realized.
rendered almost perfectly smooth Miss Fannie Brice, one of oar esti
ing nibbed down with pumice niAble young ladies has recently gou
Near each end of the board is to Washington City with the view o
led a trapeze, to which the per- making that her future home. Wear
hangs, head down, as be presses .sorry to lose her^na^-oarbest^ wishc
i to the board above him when attend her.
; upon his walk Underneath is Cur very thoughtful and zealou
A A V* /\*/5irvrttrrp ?AAA(>A1?* AM<ynni?A/) + Vti
ill a jumi.Q^3 net* iiu uiuiuoij jJuolUl liao luociiiiv wi^ain^tu tu3
shoes will answer the purpose, young men of this neighborhood int<
e bottom of these are fastened a "Youug Men's Missionary Society"
concave arrangements of grim, and prayer meeting is held at th<
>f bo wlshaped shoes, about six and church every Friday night, and fron
f inches in diameter, and it is the prompt attendance and interes
jressed against the board above, being manifested in it we know mucl
Id the walker suspended. good wiil be accomplished,
material of which these bowl- ~ We think your town, Messrs. Edi
shoes is of the same thickness tors, will soon start up a boom fron
>earance as that u?ed in fireman's tue number of new enterprises that an
u the centre, on the concave side being projected. We wish.you all th<
> shoes, is a thick piece of steel, success possible. " - L.
in form. To this plate is riveted ?.?
3onvex side of the shoes a 6mali old beau fort. ? rnework.
From this framework
two iron rods, shaped like the Messrs. Editors: Why does ever]
of the instrument used in toast- oue wish t0 visit Beaufort? The
>roiling. B j the framework the , . ^ , T r
aped shoes are fastened to the last session of the Grand Lodge, K. o,
walking shoes. The rods re- H. was held at this place, and its at0
extend .toward the toe, resting tractions called together a large atjath
the ball of the foot. A pres- tendance, some of whom brought theii
iited upon that portion of the ' , , 7.
1 press out the rods and permit wives and POme thcir chlldren- 11
to rush into the concave gum is indeed a royal place, and no doubl
ist at their centre. suggested the name of its pretentious
rthingin readiness, the performer rival, Port lloyal. Your correspond Tl
tnA t,TftT\P7A ftTin fl/ilnt.rlA AftTJ- _ _
angementsto Ms shoes. Then ent was worked too hard while there
js around, head down, holding to spare time to inspectits entirety, bat
Le trapeze, and presses the bowl- what of it came in his way was grand.
arrangements on his shoes This town was bnilt by the old time
the board above. As he presses rich river rice plantaters and sea island
is driven out of the bowl. A cottou planters as a summer resort and
is created as the gum is pressed spared neither money nor painstaking
ighter against the board, becom- to make their homes "attractive. But,
ttened out. The atmospheric sir, it would make your blood boil to
a on each one of the shoes used <rn thronsrh Beaufort now and reflect
rfc a power or carry a weight of that these magnificent mansions are
fteen pounds to the square inch, occupied by aliens, who neither built
ie trapeze is let go of. The per- fi0l- bought them, but who seized
hangs suspended. A pressure Up0n aud held lhem when their proper
e ball of the left foot operates the owners had fled for refuge to the up
1 which opens a smali arrange- country*. It is of the natives that we
the convex centre of the concave speak so favorably. They gave us a
Air rushes in and the shoe b3- .heart v welcome and a splendid enter:>osened.
Hanging by the right taiument The delightful excursion
a one loosened is thrown farther around the magnificent harbpr of Port
in the board. Tightly it is jr. cannot be properly portrayed. An
against the board until it fastens, excellent band of music on a splendid
ie ieit is operatea in 1-10 same steamer studded at one end with long
, and so it continues nntil the tables loaded with edibles of every
1 crossed. description, and at the other with
ETr>. tal>ie5 fi!ledj^,ith bottles of soda
. " - - no^viiigr^ bowls of punch.
id from the adntmias of Snake- Don't smile, for IT yuti iliu
-The Worm Scarnm Discussed. knights behaved most honorably,
rrespondent from Hoi Springs, Alihough tbev popped the bottles right
iteTlhe hot, moggy weather of ffeely the punch was left untoacbed
k drew the ZkJmi tarantulas ??* ?ne ?$Z, Tr 'US'
heir holes in the Ozark Monn- much affection for it and he alone
aid to-day Flint and his com- seemed to be affected bv it. It onl>
MWmafr ^cr~Za "Lvv a made hi in funny. After oar return
themselves on the big ledges of 5 our correspondent was standing on
drting the "rale of vajwra. The piazza ot the hotel watching the
its" were sluggish, but became .C0 "S wh.en -?LhbJ*nJ?nJ
itable when ?Sused from their f?end stepped up and said "they must
Rattlesnakes and bullsnakes have bad a big ram up the count, >, tor
themajority, but other specie, he river keeps a rising." His pota.
J m. _i. tion made hnn talkative 111 the Lodge
presented as wen. xne spectacle . TI ^ ~
"Flint to talking. "You never meeting. He was up on every occaparlor
match siLke, .did you?" *ion, bat h* was badly mixed. He
id, with the seriousness of a would start np, May it please your
His companion groaned and Honor "no that's not right; "Wordown
the mountain. "Come shlPful faster, ' no, that's not right;
)y," exelaimed the catcher. "I "^lo?t Fxc^kuV'-plague take it
ten you something you don't what must I call him?" ''Dictator, '
I was out hunting along a bayou said his neighbor. Ah, Dictator, I
w Orleans late one afternoon last nse to a point of order. \Ye sent
when I saw a flash of light as en t0 , ?jp.ren?? Lodge to let.ru
r as one of Larry Corcoran's h?w to work this thing, and now tve
md as big around as a man's arm. call npon them to give^ as the secret
f of light, which was on the a V:-'. cant do it. Bro.
was preceded by a cracking Hnghson says it is one thing and Bro.
ifeA thA p-mlnsinn of a narlor Bouham says it is another. I don t
In an instant the light aisap- sec use ?f sending men to the Suonly
to appear the next instant preme Lodge if they come back and
i same crackling sonnd. I be- can't tell us anything about it." AlUin
terested. When the light flashed good hum ?r, and nobody hurt. We
d time I fired both barrels of my a harmonious session and did
l at the "brilliant object The much good work for the ordsr. Allow
Jed in an instant. I crept to the me t0 remark, before closing that the
1 saw a snake lying dead upon order of the Knights of Honor is in a
ind. Its head had been nearly sound, healthy condition, for your
ray. Curious to learn whether correspondent was in position to find
tehad been the source of the out and report to the Grand Lodge
cms flame, I tied a string around that during the past year the order
j and took it to New Orleans throughout the Union has gained niue
Lionel Adams pronounced it a new members for every one it has lost
nifttflk snake. When aroused, by death or otherwise. j. s. C.
ciesof the worm scarum pulls its
3r its body by hitching a lower Fore-warned ill a Dream.
a sort of loop hanging between There was to be a ball in Dallas City, HL,
i. As the skin leaves the tail it a few days ago, and a prominent yonng
a small button on either side of society lady of the place was preparing
&e's body with a crackling sound, to attend. Her es jort was to have been
film of oil on the cuticule is in- J. G. Brown, a Santa Fe railroad conduc3et
in flame. The oil burns with tor. The night preceding the young
phorescent light, and probably lady dreamed that she saw a wagon drawn
t hurt the snake. After having by two horses, and in the vehicle lay the
ire the snake crawls the length mangled body of a man whom she could
>dy, thus causing the scaly hide not fully recognize, but who stronglj
rn to its proper place." The resembled her intended escort. The
atcher arose and stretched his hideous dream frightened her, and in the
jft, and asked his companion if morning she communicated it to several
d lake rain. friends, who laughed at what was termed
? *? her foolish fancies. Conductor Browr
'i gave up to die." was fatally mangled by the cars that daj
noxhlle, Tesn., July 2, 1887. at noon, and as the solemn processioD;
e had catarrh of the heed for six headed by the wagon bearing the manI
went to a noted doctor and he gled remains filed up the street, the
me for it, but could not cure me, young woman cried:"That is my dream
I was over fifty years old and I That was my dream!" and swoonec
> to die. I had a distressing away.
my eyes were swollen ;md. I am *?
at I could not have lived without Religious pessimism is carried to ai
;e. I sent and got one bottle of extreme in Russia. In that country
, B. B., used it, and felt better, there are sects that teach suicide. Re
got four more, and thank God! cently eighty-four persons met in i
I me. Use this any way you may cavern filled with straw. They fired th<
r the good of sufferers. straw and those who were not burned tx
Mbs. Matilda Nichols. death killed each other witu hatchets
547 Jjlonda Street. One faint-Hearted teiiow escaped.
. ? - T'T-TT A Baltimore firm has a till tapper ii
follo'wing, signed by ten practic- 0f a Maltese cat. When om
raicians, nas been received from of the opened tho
money drawer oi
, Fla., one 01 the places where Tuesday morning out jumped a eat be
fever is alleged to exist according loDgingJto Lim. Fron the cash wer.
;eon General Hamiltons report: ^*?5a twentv-dolar note and t?
he nnderagned, embracing every OEe.aoSar notes "end other notes wer
mgphysicianmtlnsplace, hereby damaged by the cat's teeth. Tabby i
that there is not now nor has J V
ver been within our knowledge or ~r-r""r ~
ation a single case of yellow fever
the town nor within Polk county. The United States has respectful!
:h Bartow is the county seat. asked Mexico to indemnify A. K. Cat
Manchester, N. H., yesterday, great ^*8 for ^ unlawful imprisonment
tent was caused by a wholesale raid or.so *%?- Mexico has replied in
quOr dealers by a committee of 200 long-winded document, courteous!
.league for the Suppression of Liquor phrased, the purport of which is tlia
Twenty-eight barrooms were she will be blankety-blanked it she pay
ind three proprietors summoned to a blank cent. The question is, what ar
HQ going to do about it?
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A BABY'S TRAVELS.
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- THE ONLY WHITE CHILD EVER TAKEN
10 TO THE LAKES OF AFKICA.
1
1" ~r?
lg Little Jack Hone and How He Wa.??Viewed
^ by the Natives?A Wonderful Sight for
the bavaires.
P {From the New York Sun.)
ie Little Jack Hone was ail English baby
and be was three months old when he }
^ landed on the east coast of Africa. His """"V "
l" father was a missionary and Jack and
r? his mother were on the way to the home
l" that had been prepared for them in
Central Africa. The journey was 800
^ milcclAn/* nr? liill
LU II^O WV JXLU UVITUj LUIVU^U JU
forest and plain, and it was a serious
l" question how little Jack could be carried
'* comfortably over the rude native paths r-?-?
to Lake Tanganyika. His father thonght
e that a wheelbarrow was likely to be the
,f best vehicle for Jack, and so arrangee
ments "had been made in Eogknd to -
s have-Jack trundled in a harrow &U the r
way from tiie coai&id thebw-i*fce wheio
s he was to Jive.
e A deep and commodious Insist was
3 provided for the baby. On the bottom
? of the basket was as soft a little bed as
B could be made, and the entire inside was ? -
J padded so that Jack could' not easily"
1 hurt himseif. The basket was placed in
1 a steel wheelbarrow frame. An awning
above the basket was supported by iron
rods, and, when required, mcsquitc^, __
1 curtains could be let down. This was to
2 be Jack's carriage on the march, and.
3 when in camp at night the basket was to
be placed in Mrs. Hone's tent to serve
Jack as a bed.
Jack was asleep in his father's arms
when he landed on the coast of Africa,
at Saadairi, near Zanzibar. He was
- tucked away in his little basket, and one
? of the porters trundled him along injiis
wheelbarrow near the head of the caravan.
Close behind him rode Jack's mother
on a donkey. Once in a while the baby
' was lifted out of the wheelbarrow for a
: change and carried a mile or two in his
mother's arms. Usually Jack rode along
in f.hp lift-,1a vprv <iniftt.lv. anrl Via
; seemed to take as kindly to ins wheel- /
barrow as other babes do to the most
: comfortable of cradles. Even when the
road was hammocky Jack did not seem
to mind it, and the joancing he got only
seemed to put him in good hnmor for a
nap. It happened, however, that Jack
Was not destined to travel all the way to
Central Africa in a wheelbarrow. After
they had climbed the coast moutains and
were a hundred and fifty miles on their
way it was found inexpedient on account
of unexpected difficulties on the road for , : ; .gjgg
Mrs. Hone and the baby to go anyfarther
that year. -60 Jack was wheeled
back to the coast again and before long
he turned up in England none the worse
for his jaunt of 300 miles in a wheelbarrow.
Early in 1884, when Jack was a little
over 2 years old, he landed again at
Saadani There were stories from up
country of widespread drought and
famine, but nothing daunted Mr. Hone,
who had come all the way from Central
Africa to meet his family, decided to set - ?.iVi
out with them at once on the long
journey to the beautiful lake, "which, ?^8M|
though narrow, is one of the longest
fresh water lakes in tho worTd. This
-time tihe. wheeibtttxpiy was
The willow LccTy'ofU
turned into a tiny palanqain foB
accommodation. It was suspefl Sgj
stout ropes from a couple of bjM
Along the bamboos was st^H
canvass awning, impervious alikfl M
or rain, with movable sides; thu^H
be fastened up or down at pljH
Four natives were assigned to tin H
| of carrying Master Jack in hisifl
J little conveyance. The bambqtf
suppie, ana as me carriers iraagHH
there was a delightful springiness
the rig that greatly pleased Jack..
mother was carried in a bath chair rigged
np in a similar fashion. '
Jack got along famously until he was
stricken with fever, and then he insisted
much of the time upon traveling in his
mother's lap. When the long caravan
halted for the noontime lanch the first
duty of the men was to pitch a tent in
which to shelter Jack and his mother from
the scorching sun. The little fellow's
great delight was in crossing rivers in
the big canoes the natives keep for
ferrying caravans. He usually sat in
in ms utue armcnair, ana sometimes
used a string and a bent pinto fish for
crocodiles, wita. invariably poor
success. One day a porter ran away *
with a canvas bag containig a large part
of Jack's wardrobe. In a land where
caravans use a great deal of cotton cloth .
to pay their way there was of course
plenty of material at hand to repair
Jack's loss, which, he bore with more
equanimity than the rest of his family.
Sometimes they traveled fur tours
through grass that was high above their
heads, and in the early morning Jack
liked to listen to the dew drops as they
fell like rain upon the top of his palan
quin, while the carriers piodded along
through the luxuriant growth of grass. . J
Many of the marches were very wearisome,
and Mrs. Hone wrote that she and
. Jack often presented a very draggled : -Jj
. appearance when the halt was made for
The"journey lasted ninety days. At JSj
, last the beautiful waters of Lake
Tanganyika came into view, and little Sfl
; Jack was delighted when his family
embarked in a big boat for the long |
, journey for the island of Kavala. fie
, thought the songs of the crew as they
' bent to their oars were particularly jolly. :
[ He is now living on Kavala island, and, _ fl
[ though he is the only little white boy in
. Centra Africa, he seems to be thoroughly
| enjoying his boyhood. Friends in Eng- - *?3
land havo s&nt him many toys, which he
[ shar's with his Waguha playmates, and *
' he does net now remember that he ever
, had any other home than Africa. . ~r|j
^ The Oldest Mason in the World. *Colonel
Edwin Somner of San Franr
cisco is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Ada
j E. Taylor, on Locust si rjet. Colonel
. Summ r is the eldest Free Mason known '
j to be living in the world. He has been '
a Tlfocnn tOTOTltT^TlA TMK TTa ?as
j borainl79G. A remarkable fact is that
he can read withoat the aid of glasses.
In the war of 1812 lie was a member
of a transportation comppany in New
1 York which was ergiged in transporting ML
B munitions and troops. He came to
1 Californii in 1850, but returned to
- Wisconsin a few yetrs afttr. /He served
s in the Wisconsin Legislature during 'm
3 1859-60. In 1863 he once more came to
e Ca'ifomia, where he has since remained.
8 Colonel Sumner is a descendant of the
e Summers who came to America in the -M
rtrr atnv\ /^1 JH
-UU*J LIU Y? Ci.. ^/JLUXi w
r Congressman Kelley's daughter reft
cently delivered a lecture in New York,
a in which she charged the capitalists with JB
J iorcing the children of this country to
it go to work at an early age, thos redues
ing the wages of full-grown laborers.
e She advocated socialism as the only
remedy.